A Mountain Of Crushed Ice

Its the international cachaca day!
Cachaca, is made in Brazil from fermented sugarcane juice instead of from molasses, which is the by product of sugar production. Somehow more and more cachaca seems to come my way and its very interesting to try them out as they are really diverse. The ones i like the most [...]

Happy 2010 folks!
Here are three New Year tiki drinks to imbibe at the end of this year (and thereafter) Thanks for reading my blog and commenting on my posts which helps keeping the blog alive.
I`m happy to now be on the right side of the year soon - now we move towards spring and summer [...]

In New Orleans  i picked up a very interesting brand of cachaca i`ve never tried before - Rainha Das Gerais. This is an artisanal cachaca distilled in alembic copper stills and aged in oak barrels for 5 years.
When i open the bottle the nose that reaches me is sweet with a hint of sugarcane and [...]

Beija cachaca is a hand crafted blend of artisanal cachacas from the states of Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais. Many cachacas are today multi-distilled to become a purer product but at the same time the distillations strips away much of the flavour and characteristic earthiness that makes cachaca so lovable. Beija is made only from [...]

From Bahia it hails - Abelha organic cachaca. I can easily say that this is the best cachaca i`ve had so far, its insanely good - so flavourful and tasty! yet so smooth. I was actually surprised it was so good even though i expected it to be good. Up in Bahia is a farmers [...]

Cachaca - made from distilled cane juice is one of my favorite spirits and its time to celebrate the international cachaca day!
International Cachaça Day was started by Sociedade Brasileira da Cachaça, a Brasilian government organization. It was created to commemorate June 12th, 1744: the day when Portugal, then the colonial authority in Brasil, outlawed the [...]

Delicana Cachaça is a pure natural product without chemical additives, produced in Minas Gerais and there are four different types of this artisanal cachaca (silver, gold, premium and cinnamon- orange liqueur/ spiced) They are sold in 1litre bottles. All artisanal cachaca uses cold-pressed sugarcane.

In front of me i have samples of 3 of the cachacas, [...]

This february Mixology Monday is all about the hard times we all are facing. This event is hosted by Rowley`s Whiskey Forge who says:
“Here’s a chance to share how you’re drinking during the downturn; whether it’s affordable booze, ways you’re cutting corners, or things you’ve figured out how to mix or make on the [...]

Leblon cachaca is a premium white cachaça spirit and its name originates from Leblon Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its  an artisanal cachaca and single-distilled from the juice of fresh-pressed sugar cane in small batches using alambique copper pot stills. One ton of sugar cane yields 80 liters of cachaça at 45 [...]

And so its time for my last blog post this year since i started blogging in june. It has been a fantastic year, i have made many new good friends and tons of cocktails! I want to thank you all who has inspired me and thought me so many things.
With this champagne cocktail i say [...]